Obviously, the franchise's success mostly comes down to the stellar and satisfying combat, along with NetherRealm's willingness to take risks and revamp things when they start to get stale (to not always great results). However, Mortal Kombat's characters deserve a lot of love as well, especially since a few of them have been around for decades by this point. In celebration of MK2's release, let's highlight the greatest MK characters of all time. 30 Ashrah Debut: Mortal Kombat: Deception.